Nanja
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Hence He gives His Life exclusively for the World of His Sheep.The World of Jn 3:16 isnt all without exception, but its that world of people that He specifcally gave His Life for, the World of His Sheep. Notice about His Sheep He says Jn 10:11
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for[hyper] the sheep.
Again Jn 10:15
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for[hyper] the sheep.
The word for hyper means:
in behalf of, for the sake of
Now Jesus says of the World He so loved this Jn 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for[hyper] the life of the world.
And notice this World that He gives His Life for, Life is applied to it Jn 6:33
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
His Death applies Life unto the World He died for.
The same is said of the Sheep He died for Jn :10-11,28
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they[Sheep] might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
And I give unto them[Sheep] eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Do you see the correlation between the World and Sheep ? He gives His Life for the World Jn 6 same as for the Sheep Jn 10 and it results in Life Jn 6 for the world, as does for the Sheep in Jn 10
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